No.

I think the Trump regime probably took his picture down for racist reasons.

I also think moral people should take a strong principled stance against military aggression, instead of a reactionary anti-Trump position.

Killing innocent people in Korea and Vietnam is nothing to be proud of.

He didn’t just plead guilty to stalking, he pled to interstate stalking resulting in death. The shooting was part of his guilty plea today, not a separate action like you suggest.

Not that I really have any hope or faith in our justice system- the government holds all the cards, and they are making an example of him. Getting double jeopardy protection will be an uphill battle.

How do you explain the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan?

The US population elected a president who was promising to end the Afghanistan War in 2008. That war ended in 2021. That’s at least 12 years of war against the wishes of the majority.

“usa” is one way to spell it, you’re not wrong, but a more accurate spelling is “israel”.

This is shortsighted. We need to fight capital effectively, and to do that we must fight those who actively defend capital, including CEOs.

It’s the same reason why police aren’t considered working class. Are they “people who work”? Definitely. But their function in society is to maintain the power of capitalists.

Lammygrad are Marxist Leninist, Hexbear are dirtbag leftists. That makes them the natural enemies of center-left and centrist instances like .world.

In my opinion it comes down to a disagreement over capitalism. One side wants to destroy it, the other side wants to moderate it.

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The word tsar/czar originally derives from Julius Caesar, just like the German “kaiser”.

But in US terms, it was popularized by FDR during WWII.

In 1942, The Washington Post reported on the “executive orders creating new czars to control various aspects of our wartime economy.”[11] Positions were created for a transportation czar, a manpower czar, a production czar, a shipping czar, and a synthetic rubber czar, all to solve difficult problems in coordinating the resources necessary to fight World War II wikipedia

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Have we prosecuted any rich war criminals recently? It is telling that you have to go back to the Nazis, 80+ years ago was the last time that happened.

The ICC has prosecuted 54 individuals for war crimes, and 47 of them have been from Africa. Do you think war crimes are only happening in Africa? Or are the rest of the world’s war criminals getting away with it?

Do you actually think we will see a trial for the biggest war criminals like Trump and Netanyahu?

Right, it’s more about how the baseline changes over time.

10 years ago, ~14 pesos would trade for 1 USD.

Today, ~1400 pesos trade for 1 USD.

What do you think “accountability” should look like for someone who violently escapes from a concentration camp?

Wait, so now you have “consistently acknowledged” that the US has legalized slavery enshrined in the Constitution? This is very confusing, as we can all scroll up and see your earlier comments.

There is no form of slavery in the U.S. that is supported by either the government or the general public.

We do not have legal slavery.

A real patriot acknowledges their country’s faults, no matter how difficult this may be. A real patriot does not stick their head in the sand and make excuses about “the faults of every other nation”. I get the strong impression that you are not a real patriot.

The “horrendous social issue” at hand is forcing people to work without pay. Another word for this is “slavery”. I’m sure you’ve caught on by now that the 13th amendment has a loophole for enslaving convicts.

Not sure how it’s relevant, but I live in the US.

According to the ACLU, prisoners at the Louisiana State Pen (Angola) pick cotton and sugarcane for $0.02/hr. Many must work for up to 3 years without pay to be eligible for this wage.

Those who “choose” not to work are placed in solitary confinement, a practice that is considered torture in most first world nations.

You can read the full report here Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers

Worst case scenario is Venusification, where runaway climate change forces make earth literally uninhabitable for all known lifeforms. If we continue on our current path this is a likely outcome.

Your less-apocalyptic scenario is one where our global economy collapses. If this happens, no area of the earth will be safe. Food production will drop by 80-90%, which means that human population will have to drop by 80-90%.

Your assumption that the West will be a safe haven is incorrect. The West’s economic advantage relies on imports, and in a collapse scenario those imports will stop. We can see a small version of this during the current Hormuz crisis- without middle east oil, weatern farmers have limited access to fertilizer, therefore crop yields are down significantly. Without fertilizer imports, the West cannot farm. Without natural gas imports, the West cannot heat its buildings.

In the collapse scenario, the violence won’t be localized in places like the US border. Humans, even in western nations, will be desperate. Your neighbors will be watching their children starve to death. They will be willing to break down your door and beat you to death if you have food.